Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1887-04-01
Sherman in the West.

Mr.. Sherman's recent speech at Nash
vile, in which he endeavors to give some
ventilation to his Presidential boom, is
sharply criticised by the Louisville Cour-
ier Journal, and the inconsistencies of
"honest John" and his manifest change of
base upon the question of States rights
and home rule are forcibly pointed out
Upon the question of State rights the
Courier Journal says:
"Mr. Sherman, in his speech at Nash
vile, takes advanced ground on sectional
issues, and comedies, as heretofore he has
| refused to concede. the right of each State
to manage its local affairs. His plea for
the negro was not more earnest, as we do
not believe it was any more sincere, than
his tribute to the energy and the industry
of the white peop'e OF the South. Inde, d
| it is difficult to read these patriotic utter
ances and believe that they come from
the same Senator Sherman, who made tn.
speech at Marietta, Ohio, ten years ago
Then he declared in reference to what he
termed Southern outrages: I'VE must
punish such murderers by law If We can.
but at all erentS zoe must punish them.' Now
he says: The attempt to enforce these
rights by national authority has thus far
practically failed, and now it is conceded
! that under the limitations OF the Consti
| tuition the rights Of citizen Of Stat.
| IAN only be enforced through State or ma
tional tribunals, and when public opinion
is intolerant and Jurors will not do their
duty, a citizen, white or black. may be
without remedy, except the right 10 mi
crate where his rights will be respected. ="
After searching exposure of the sstue
statesman's evasiveness and ipsincerity
upon the tariff question IN which 1t makes
the learned Senator's remarks upon the
floor of the Senate fatty contradict the
utterances of his recent speech i says:
"Mr. Sherman is equally unfair and un-
candid in his appeals to the farmer and
the laboring men. He tells the farmer
that his live animals, his wheat and his
grain are protected. and that thus be is
encouraged to produce every article suited
to our climate and soil He did not tell
him that all this is a sham. make be.
ieve, device for Obtaining votes under
false pretenses He did not say. whar ev-
ery farmer knows, that the tariff has no
effect whatever on spil or clima'e. and
that the onlv protection the American far,
mer needs is furnished by God Almighty
Had there been any farmer among his su
dience, he could have told the Senator
thtt the American farmer, who should he
,he hsppiest, the most prosperous. the
most contented among sli the laborers of
the world, is. because OF an iniquitous
system of taxation. forced to give of his
substance to support thousands IN unpro-
htable occupations, the most wretched
aud the most discontinued wolkingmsn
in the nation. He is robbed on all hands !.
be is restricted in the sale Of his produce.
and in the purchase OF his supplies and
all to maintain enterprises not sci'ed 10
our climate and SOIL
The article conc udes as follows:
Carefully reviewing the uttrrsncss Of
Mr.. Sherman We see in them ne'hIng new
or striking except the open confession
that there l. not another election hidden
in the folds Of the bloody shirt. Al the
rest is commonplace These assumptions
we are all familiar with They are dress
ed in no attractive rhetoric, and they ack
the earnestness aud the sincerity with
which Mr. Blaine or Mr.. Kelley would
speak The resul 8. rom poIiticai and
point, OF the Sherman invasion Of the
South will, we are sure. crafty neither
Mr. Sherman nor the Republican party